nvt. Long repetitious prayer said at luakini dedication ceremonies, hence repetitiousness in general; to repeat, wander, digress, perhaps senselessly. Ā i ka pule ʻana, mai kuawili wale aku ʻoukou i ka ʻōlelo (Mat. 6.7), but when ye pray, use not vain repetitions.
v. Kua and wili, to twist. To repeat over and over again without meaning; to wander from the point in speaking; to use foolish repetitions in speaking. Mat. 6:7.
s. The name of a prayer used at the dedication of the highest order of heiaus and continued all day.
2. Indirectness, repetitious and irregular in work.
1. A prayer used at the dedication of the highest order of heiau (temples) and continued all day.
2. Indirectness, repetitions and irregularity in work.
[Kua and wili, to twist.] To repeat over and over again without meaning; to wander from the point in speaking.
Prayer, a day long ceremony, at the highest order of the heiau; long, drawn out, repetitious. The word is used in Matthew 6:7 to exhort against vain repetition.
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